Publications (with abstracts)
from May 2000 to present

Journal publications
Contents

Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "The Re-characterisation of Complex Defects, Part I: Fatigue and Ductile tearing", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 71, No. 7-8, 2004, pp.1000-1020  

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Fracture Mechanics

Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "The Re-characterisation of Complex Defects, Part II: Cleavage", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 71, No. 7-8, 2004, pp.1021-1040 

Research activities
Publications

Bezensek B. & Hancock JW.," Increased Temperature Margins Due to Constraint Loss",  Journal of Pressure Vessels Technology, Transactions ASME, Vol. 127, May 2005

Teaching
Personal pages

Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "Fracture of laser welded joints in the ductile-to-brittle transition", Engineering Fracture Mechanics, Vol. 74, 2007, pp.2395-2419

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Conference publications

Bezensek B, Miyazaki K, Hasegawa K & Saito K, "A numerical study of the alignment of surface flaws in an austenitic steel pipe ", Proc.  ASME 2009 Pressure Vessels and Piping conference , Prague, Czech Republic, July 2009; Paper No. PVP2009-77402

Terfas O and Bezensek B, "The development of a surface crack in a thick vessel under ductile tearing", Proc.  ASME 2009 Pressure Vessels and Piping conference, Prague, Czech Republic, July 2009; Paper No. PVP2009-77374 

Bezensek B. & Miyazaki K, "Alignment criteria for through-wall flaws in plates and pipes ", Proc.  ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels and Piping conference , Chicago, IL, USA, July 2008; Paper No. PVP2008-61369 

Bezensek B. & Duguid L, "Combination rules for external volumetric flaws in a pressurized cylinder subject to external bending", Proc.  ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels and Piping conference , Chicago, IL, USA, July 2008; Paper No. PVP2008-61293

Rabczuk T, Bezensek B. and Bordas S, "Application of extended element-free Galerkin method to multiple flaws under brittle fracture conditions", Proc.  ASME 2008 Pressure Vessels and Piping conference , Chicago, IL, USA, July 2008; Paper No. PVP2008-61550

Bezensek B., "Flaw alignment criteria based on limit load solutions for through-wall flaws ", Proc. Int. Conf. ASME 2007 Pressure Vessels and Piping , San Antonio, TX, USA, July 2007; Paper No. PVP07-26041 

Bezensek B., "Validation of a model material to study flaw characterisation in cleavage", Proc. Int. Conf. ASME 2007 Pressure Vessels and Piping , San Antonio, TX, USA, July 2007; Paper No. PVP07-26821 

Bezensek B., & McCulloch E., "Interaction of twin non-aligned through-wall flaws under elastic-plastic conditions ", Proc. Int. Conf. ASME 2006 Pressure Vessels and Piping , Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 2006; Paper No. PVP06-ICPVT11-93373 

Bezensek B., Flasker J. & Hancock J.W., "The toughness of functionally graded materials", Proc. 16th European Conference on Fracture, Alexandroupolis, Greece, July 2006, Paper No: 642

Bezensek B., Banerjee A., & Hancock J.W., "A statistical model for brittle fracture of functionally graded materials ", Proc. Int. Conf. ASME 2005 Pressure Vessels and Piping , Denver, CO, USA, July 2005 

Bezensek B. & Hancock J.W., "Mode I and Mixed-mode I/II crack tip fields unified by constraint ", Proc. 15th European Conference on Fracture, Stockholm, Sweden, August 2004 

Bezensek B. & Hancock J.W., "Fracture toughness and crack path deviations in laser welded joints", Proc. Int. Conf. ASME 2004 Pressure Vessels and Piping , PVP-vol.474, Ed: PS Lam et al, San Diego, CA, USA, July 2004 

Bezensek B. & Hancock J.W., "Increased Temperature Margins Due to Constraint Loss", Proc. Int. Conf. ASME 2003 Pressure Vessels and Piping , PVP-462, Ed: PS Lam et al, Cleveland, OH, USA, July 2003, pp.49-56, [ISBN 0-7918-4153-7]
 

Bezensek B., "Application  of linear graph theory in designing fracture mechanics experiments", Proc. Int. Conf. Advanced Engineering Design 2003, Prague, 1-4 June 2003, Paper No. 57, [ISBN 80-86059-35-9] 

Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "A Statistical Fracture Mechanics Analysis of Crack Path Deviations in Strength Mis-Matched Joints", In: Proc. Engineering Structural Integrity Assessment: Needs and Provision (ESIA 6), EMAS Publishing, Manchester, October 2002, pp:291-299, [ISBN emas.co.uk]

Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "A Constraint Based Statistical Approach to Failure from Complex Defects", In: Proc. ECF 14: Fracture Mechanics Beyond 2000, Vol. I, EMAS Publishing, Krakow, Poland 2002 pp:249-256, [ISBN 1901537366]
Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "The non-coplanar coalescence of interacting defects in fatigue", In: Proc. SAE Brasil Fatigue 2001, Paper. No. 2001-01-4052, São Paulo, Brazil, Dec. 2001, pp:151-159
Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "Ductile tearing of interacting surface breaking defects", In: Proc. 10th Congress on Fracture, Paper No. ICF100557OR, Honolulu, Hi, USA, Dec 2001, p: 537, [ISBN 0080440428]
Bezensek B., Ren Z. & Hancock JW., "A study of complex defects failing by fatigue, ductile tearing and cleavage", In: Proc. Nuclear Energy in Central Europe 2001, Paper No. 402, Portoroz, SVN, Sept. 2001, [ISBN 961-6207-17-2]

Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "Brittle fracture from interacting surface breaking defects", In: PVP-Vol. 423, Proc. ASME Pressure Vessels and Piping 2001, Atlanta, USA, July 2001, pp: 25-31, [ISBN No. 0-7918-1678-8]
Reports
Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "Review of Defect Characterisation Guidelines for Surface-breaking adn Embedded Defects", Review article for Serco Assurance, UK
Bezensek B.,  "The Elastic-Plastic Crack Problems in the Ductile-Brittle Transition" Ph.D. Thesis submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, October 2003
Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "Increased Temperature Margins due to Constraint Loss", Report No. PC/GNSR/5146 for British Energy Generation Ltd, Glasgow, July 2003
Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., "Defect Re-characterisation", Report No. PC/GNSR/5134 for British Energy Generation Ltd, Glasgow, September 2001
Bezensek B. "A numerical and experimental analysis of constraint and stability effects in the assessment of coplanar laws under elastic-plastic conditions", Final Year Project, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK, May 2000
Unpublished presentations
Bezensek B.," A procedure to quantify increased temperature margins from constraint loss", Postgraduate Research Colloquium 2003, University of Glasgow, UK, June 2003
Bezensek B.," Constraint loss and temperature margins", Intermediate report, British Energy Generation Ltd, Gloucester, UK, October 2002 
Bezensek B., The Re-characterisation of Complex Defects: Part 2, Postgraduate Research Colloquium 2002, University of Glasgow, UK, June 2002
Bezensek B. & Hancock JW., " Interaction of Two Surface Flaws under Cyclic Loading, -Proximity Rules for Flaw Evaluation-", ASME Code Section XI meeting, WG on Flaw Evaluation, Los Angeles, Ca., 26 February 2002 
Bezensek B., "Defect Re-characterisation", Final report, British Energy Generation Ltd, Gloucester, UK, September 2001 
Bezensek B., "Defect Re-characterisation", University of Maribor, SLO, August 2001 
Bezensek B., "The Re-characterisation of Interacting Defects", Postgraduate Research Colloquium 2001, University of Glasgow, UK, June 2001
Bezensek B., "Defect Re-characterisation", Euromech/ESIS symposium, Reading, UK, March 2000 
Bezensek B., "Defect Re-characterisation", Intermediate report, British Energy Generation Ltd, Gloucester, UK, March 2000 
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